TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2024 and March 2024,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                        -0.2           0.2                     -281            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -273            334
    Mining and logging                                0.0           1.1                        1              7
    Construction                                     -0.8           0.9                      -59             71
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                       -1             59
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        6             38
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.8                       -7             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.5                     -103            142
      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.7                      -21             42
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.7                      -32            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.7           0.9                      -50             60
    Information                                      -0.2           1.1                       -4             30
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.5                       -8             48
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                       -4             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.8                       -5             20
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.8                      -17            163
    Private education and health services             0.0           0.4                       -2             96
      Private educational services                    0.3           0.5                       10             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -13             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.3           0.9                      -51            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.2           1.7                      -29             37
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           1.1                      -22            135
    Other services                                   -0.4           1.2                      -28             71
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       -8             39
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -2              7
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                       -6             38
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        6             24
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                      -12             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.4                       41            113
    South                                            -0.4           0.4                     -283            218         YES
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       11            131
    West                                             -0.1           0.5                      -49            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 1, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-month change.